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After several years of mild winters and extreme drought conditions in California Mother Nature has returned with a bang! Substantial rainfall has resulted in saturated soil conditions and wind gusts have reached 50-60 miles per hour, which have increased ground failures and resulted in numerous branch failures.

Please schedule a site visit with one of our certified arborist to inspect your trees for ...

The Sudden Oak Death pathogen continues to infect our majestic oak trees. There has been an alarming increase in infections this year with newly infected trees found in San Francisco Golden Gate Park, Burlingame Hills and other parts of the Bay Area and Peninsula.

Fall is the ideal time to treat your oak trees to reduce the chances of infection.

This large branch failed onto 2 cars, thankfully nobody was hurt. The limb that failed was overloaded and had decay in the attachment. Please contact our certified arborist for an inspection if you have any trees that look questionable.

The Bay Area has received about 5 days of straight rain after a winter that barely produced any significant rain fall. These saturated soil conditions coupled with strong winds can lead to an increased chance of ground failure incidents. Things to watch for include the following:

The Chinese Pistache Pistacia chinensis tree is one of the most spectacular fall color trees. Few trees can show yellows, oranges, reds and greens all at same time. This wonderful small to medium tree is one of my favorites to use in the landscape. It has very few issues with disease and pest and can tolerate being planted in or near turf.